According To His Will • Must ask in His name John 14: 13 -14 • We must ask in faith James 1: 6 -8 • We can be confident 1 John 5: 14 -15 • God answers according to His will o o o Often He says, “Yes” 1 Samuel 1; Acts 10 May give us something different Deut. 3: 23 -27 Sometimes God tells us, “No” 2 Samuel 12; 2 Corinthians 12; Luke 22: 41 -44 • Have faith and accept His answer
In His Time • We can be too impatient in our prayers • Souls under the throne told to wait Revelation 6: 10 -11 • Abraham waited on God’s promises o o 25 years for birth of Isaac 600 years until Israel in Promise Land Over 1, 500 years until Christ He rejoiced to see Jesus’ day John 8: 56
Above All We Ask • Exceedingly Abundantly Ephesians 3: 20 • More amazing that we can imagine Habakkuk 1: 2 -5; 3: 17 -19 • God gave Zacharias more Luke 1: 5– 7, 11 -17 • Even “No” is above all we ask and think • God knows best Matthew 7: 7 -11
How God Answers Prayers According To His Will In His Time Abundantly Above All We Ask
What Must I Do To Be Saved? You believe in God, believe also in Me. John 14: 1 Unless you repent, you likewise will perish. Luke 13: 3 Confess Me before men, and I’ll confess you before My Father. Matthew 10: 32 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved Mark 16: 16 Be faithful unto death. . . Rev. 2: 10